Go Marching
{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Go Marching
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| sire = Princequillo
| grandsire = Prince Rose
| dam = Leallah
| damsire = Nasrullah
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1965
| country = United States
| colour = Bay
| breeder = Charlton Clay
| owner = Warner L. Jones Jr. (syndicate)
| trainer = Horatio Luro
| record = 20: 10-6-0
| earnings = US$129,886
| race = Bernard Baruch Handicap (1968)
Canadian Turf Handicap (1969)
Brandywine Turf Handicap (1969)
Appleton Handicap (1969)
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Go Marching (1965 – August 10, 1994) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was sired by the outstanding Champion sire Princequillo and out of the Champion racemare, Leallah.[http://www.pedigreequery.com/go+marching Go Marching's pedigree and partial racing stats] Bred by Charlton Clay at his Marchmont Farm near Paris, Kentucky, Go Marching was sold to Warner L. Jones Jr. as an unnamed two-year-old colt in a May 1967 Fasig-Tipton sale at Belmont Park for a record price of $210,000.[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C17FF395E137A93C4A8178ED85F438685F9 New York Times - May 16, 1967]
Race career
Trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Horatio Luro, at age three Go Marching won the first race of his career on March 7, 1968, at Florida's Gulfstream Park when he ran on turf for the first time.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6iVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=2478,784082&dq=go-marching+gulfstream&hl=en The Meriden, Connecticut Morning Record - March 8, 1968] He went on to win the Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y4pGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SCoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2615,961915&dq=bernard+baruch+go-marching&hl=en The Newburg, New York Evening News - August 7, 1968] and then had his best year at age four in 1969 when his wins included the Canadian Turf Handicap[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wp5IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3738,3887992&dq=canadian+turf+handicap+go-marching&hl=en The Charleston, South Carolina News and Courier - March 16, 1969] and the Appleton Handicap at Gulfstream Park.[https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/06/archives/quite-an-accent-and-go-marching-score-as-gulfstream-park-opens.html New York Times - March 06, 1969]
Breeding career
Go Marching stood for his owner in Kentucky until age eleven. He was then sent to a breeding farm in France where he remained until age fourteen after which he was purchased by breeders who brought him to stand in Japan where he died on August 10, 1994.{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Go Marching|url=https://www.studbook.jp/users/en/Honba.php?sid=230711|publisher=Japan Race Horse Registry|accessdate=30 November 2013}} Overall, Go Marching met with modest success as a sire.[http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/go+marching Go Marching's progeny]
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Go Marching
|f = Princequillo
|m = Leallah
|ff = Prince Rose
|fm = Cosquilla
|mf = Nasrullah
|mm = Lea Lark
|fff = Rose Prince
|ffm = Indolence
|fmf = Papyrus
|fmm = Quick Thought
|mff = Nearco
|mfm = Mumtaz Begum
|mmf = Bull Lea
|mmm = Colosseum
|ffff = Prince Palatine
|fffm = Eglantine
|ffmf = Gay Crusader
|ffmm = Barrier
|fmff = Tracery
|fmfm = Miss Matty
|fmmf = White Eagle
|fmmm = Mindful
|mfff = Pharos
|mffm = Nogara
|mfmf = Blenheim
|mfmm = Mumtaz Mahal
|mmff = Bull Dog
|mmfm = Rose Leaves
|mmmf = Ariel
|mmmm = Arena
|}}